Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11
our OF HARBoR.

--~rYVG QUIZ UT
Necessary to Free an 1ce-bo"nd
onposAd ~" 49,, from Its Arctic Harbor.
} seats %ss,e, having been decided upon,
ct oo1, % a;v;ded into gangs" generally
Of NJ, crew. w. in number, two of them resting
IN -h;,e the third is at work, says
t;on e' ap,huatka. writing in the Youths
y" N:aa IF the manner in which the ice
SaAe "..;o horbor is removed. The first
,;c,. = with the saws goes to the open ~a'er'
, oh: ch may be q quarter OF na1 q m'le away
: winch 1on;ns the channel-sawing toward the
You did besln, ~ s.on water follows a ~tortuous
I'LL IT. !, Tho shin in the harbor, the chan
~. Tho ice must follow these wind
q Won co,erally it con be cut quite
color Y ,;cbt,
autbo1 .,orr. lines are cut the width of the
love neI ~, from the open water to alongside
Xiv Az these lines are being cut
allow,, uar3 another set of diagonal scarf
the sor IS 10 cut from right to left md from left
the riobt alternately. The cakes OF ice thus
~ . fpoe are generally showed out by o man
-.,h eide of the channel, provided with
~, ~ like pole, xho watches each cake to pre-
I'LL 10 turning and cramping in the chan
owed to pt It's ''in'Ds
'nger- ,uora ord outward aov ~
@''of- ada In the channel sufficient to pro-
- ,uto n current, the motion of tho
advert ~ 10 often forced into the service of
RS abou ot;ro the cakes out with it, a single man,
to be ~ nike pole, taking care that they
reaches We free exit.
bore known some of tho lazier mem
r Ma If n crew to hoist q small boat-sail, or,
sT 4; lion thereof, their coat or shirt, and, talk
NJ !, advantage of n stiff breeze, to sale the
,eg Ma Ia ont as if it were a small ship.
d 7 once heard of q comical adventure OF q
;or who was thus saving his muscle ut
. ovnense of the wind. The cake he was
'"' v ;Ino ont of the channel had nearly
avs Fud ping 800 ona - tha onan na.a.
q bd he began untying the guy-ropes that
vi ne bid his pike pole, from which dangled
aee On 6 sale. when he came to q knot that was
Nc al stubborn as to make him angry ut his
ch VINE ntle efforts TO unite it, and in his annoy
u KNOW nee he evidently forgot where he was.
he cake slowly sailed on, and, clearing
ONE to he entrance, started out to sea, while the
r Sund hanager was furiously expostulating with
be knot. When he looked around he was
III good ONE thirty feet from the edge of the har-
va or ice foe, ard still moving outward.
10, no. Loud shoutingto those cutting the chan
Heat lei at last attracted their attention, and he
CT as rescued by q whaleboat brought from
Bos be ship. Asharp lecture from the mate in
barge of the men, with an extra tour of
,ere sh Tx hours on the channel We're added to his
ep wind ears 81 being swept to sea, asa compensa-
when on Tor the little LABOR ne haa saved ny MS
that % ply method.
II Of Sometimes the saving of the channel
oS cnI progresses rapidly in the ice which some
RIM, 4 wifi undercurrent Of the tide has prevent
comm d from becoming thick, and then again
! hn. Fe-y thick ice will be encountered, which
AN only be dealt with by the huge saws
hat have to be worked from q tripod. The
- smaller saws can be worked by two men al
ho bona,o ,na ,,a nnoa;,,,. s.a.o.ea H.
> y Jour, facing each other ON the opposite
~ VI Fides of the handle but the largest are SO
.nc "M very heavy that all the men who could get
fof, around them could not lift them high
u u enough to give much "play" to them. Then
axe u The sawyers rig a tripod OF beams. From
tneyq he apex a block and tackle hangs, and ly
hln1 ms the men raise the huge saw, while its
own heavy weight is enough to pull it
ally I Town and cat two or three inches through
little the thick ice at a single stroke.
,there ~ non ;,